Job Description

About this job:

In this role you will be responsible for underwriting a diverse book of casualty business, including production and marketing activities. This role is part of a highly collaborative team in which decisions are made in an efficient and dynamic operating environment.

About the role:

• Underwrite a book of professional liability treaty business. Potential business includes D&O and ancillary classes. E&O classes, Transactional Liability, Cyber Liability. MGA-produced business.
• Responsible for working and collaborating with colleagues internationally.
• Build a portfolio of business that is structured to produce and maintain profitable results throughout the market cycle.
• Conduct extensive reviews and analyses of treaty reinsurance opportunities, including performing a thorough analysis of primary operations, products, and management teams. Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and reinsurance brokers to cultivate continuous flow of treaty reinsurance opportunities.
• Work in close collaboration with the actuarial, finance and claims teams to analyze and structure reinsurance programs.
• Travel as required to meet with clients and brokers, attend and conduct client reviews, and attend industry conferences.
• Bring strong external broker and client relationships to the Partner Re team.
• Coordinate with department manager on the development and execution of the production and sales process including planning, marketing, operating routines, and portfolio monitoring.
• Negotiate with brokers on new and renewal business and involve senior management in the process as needed.

Product Knowledge and Policy Command:

• Ability to understand and assess market trends.
• Knowledge of and able to assess standard policy language.
• Review specific coverage requests to determine current risk appetite and/or whether review by additional senior underwriting authority is required.
• Knowledge and expertise of other liability lines of business is a plus.

Qualifications

About you:

• Strong interpersonal skills; able to engage clients, brokers and colleagues and gain their trust as partner and collaborator.
• An analytical/inquisitive mindset with strong technical skills, able to make quantitative and qualitative assessments of risk
• Ability to produce and work with system-generated reports.
• Highly collaborative and versatile; with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Sound business judgment.
• A willingness to share one’s point of view.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize and multi-task.
• Strong work ethic and a desire to succeed.
• Unquestionable professional integrity

Education/Further requirements:

• A college or university degree is required. An MBA or relevant advanced degree is preferred.
• CPCU, ARE or other industry designations are preferred.
• A minimum of 5-10years of experience in progressively advancing underwriting roles in the insurance industry and/or in the reinsurance brokerage sector.
• Strong industry relationships and well respected by reinsurance brokers and insurers.
• Working knowledge of actuarial and pricing concepts. Experience partnering with actuarial teams to price and structure reinsurance treaties.
• A thorough understanding of the underlying business.
• A strong grasp of policy forms and pricing schemes. The individual should also understand the role and impact of claims, actuarial, accounting, and finance in the underwriting process.

Additional Information

PartnerRe provides a working environment in which diversity is valued, where all employees feel welcome, respected, and empowered to perform at their best. We invite you to learn more about D&I at PartnerRe.

Thank you,

PartnerRe Hiring Team